NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Given a packagename and/or controlfile, mk-build-deps will use equivs to generate a
binary package which may be installed to satisfy all the build dependencies of the given
package.
If --build-dep and/or --build-indep are given, then the resulting binary package(s) will
depend solely on the Build-Depends/Build-Depends-Indep dependencies, respectively.

OPTIONS

-i, --install
Install the generated packages and its build-dependencies.
-t, --tool
When installing the generated package use the specified tool. (default: apt-get-oDebug::pkgProblemResolver=yes--no-install-recommends)
-r, --remove
Remove the package file after installing it. Ignored if used without the --install
switch.
-afoo, --archfoo
Set the architecture of the produced binary package to foo. If this option is not
given, fall back to the value given by --host-arch. If neither this option nor
--host-arch are given but the Build-Depends contain architecture restrictions, use the
value printed by `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH`. Otherwise, use all.
The package architecture must be equal to the host architecture except if the package
architecture is all.
The package architecture cannot be all if the build and host architecture differ.
--host-archfoo
Set the host architecture the binary package is built for. This defaults to the value
printed by `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH`. Use this option to create a binary
package that is able to satisfy crossbuild dependencies.
If this option is used together with --arch, then they must be equal except if the
value of --arch is all.
If --arch is not given, then this option also sets the package architecture.
--build-archfoo
Set the build architecture the binary package is built for. This defaults to the value
printed by `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH`. Use this option to create a binary
package that is able to satisfy crossbuild dependencies.
-B, --build-dep
Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends
dependencies.
-A, --build-indep
Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends-Indep
dependencies.
-h, --help
Show a summary of options.
-v, --version
Show version and copyright information.
-s, --root-cmd
Use the specified tool to gain root privileges before installing. Ignored if used
without the --install switch.

AUTHOR

mk-build-deps is copyright by Vincent Fourmond and was modified for the devscripts package
by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.